Posted 14 months ago
Surgery Physician
@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
Overview
NL Health Services is hiring a permanent full-time General Surgeon at James Paton Memorial Regional Health Centre in Gander, NL. The role covers elective and emergency general surgery, on-call shared equitably among the surgical team, and teaching through the Memorial University affiliation. Pay is fee-for-service under the MCP schedule, with 75 hours biweekly plus on-call obligations.
Responsibilities:
- Provide elective and emergency general surgery services
- Share on-call coverage equitably with the surgical team
- Deliver consultations to referring physicians and interdisciplinary teams
- Contribute to teaching medical learners
Requirements summary:
- MD from a recognized institution
- RCPSC certification in General Surgery or equivalent
- Eligible for licensure with CPSNL
- Satisfactory criminal record and vulnerable sector checks
Source and dates
Source type not verified · nlhs
- Employer posting date
- 2025-09-23
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Department | Physicians & advanced practice |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Schedule | overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | CPSNL licensure eligibility |
| Background checks | criminal record, vulnerable sector |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required) |
| Fields of study | Medicine |
| Perks mentioned | Relocation assistance, Signing bonus, Performance bonus |
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | St. John's |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,001 |
General Surgeon Central Zone - Physician Permanent Full-time EXTERNALDR |
|---|
| Hours | 75 Hours Bi-Weekly + On-Call Obligations |
| Salary | Fee-For-Service — As per MCP Payment Schedule |
| Competition Number | VAC0016676 |
| Posted Date | 2025-09-24 |
| Closing Date | Open until filled. |
| Demands, duties, qualifications | ABOUT NL HEALTH SERVICES We are a provincial health authority responsible for delivering quality health care to approximately 550,000 people in Newfoundland and Labrador. Supported by over 23,000 employees and physicians, our team works together to improve the health and well-being of every person, in every community. Guided by the vision of the Health Accord NL, we offer a range of health-care programs and services through a wide network of facilities, clinics, and community services across five zones: Central, Eastern-Rural, Eastern-Urban, Labrador-Grenfell, and Western. At NL Health Services, we believe that our people — employees, doctors and volunteers — make it a great place to work. Every individual brings valuable knowledge, experience and perspective. It is in this diversity that we find strength. We are committed to embracing the distinct and complementary characteristics of our members, as we seek to eliminate health disparities, and ensuring we provide fair, equitable and quality health care to everyone. If you are passionate about making a difference and providing exceptional health care, we want to hear from you. Join our team and be part of something extraordinary. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY NL Health Services – Central Zone invites applications for a permanent full-time General Surgeon at James Paton Memorial Regional Health Centre in Gander, NL. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive General Surgery services including elective and emergency surgeries to patients across the Central Zone. The position functions within a shared practice model with on-call coverage distributed equitably among the surgical team. Central Zone is the second largest health zone in NL Health Services, serving approximately 90,000 people across 176 communities. The region extends from Charlottetown in the east, Fogo Island in the north, Harbour Breton in the south, to Baie Verte in the west — encompassing more than half the total land mass of the island of Newfoundland. James Paton Memorial Regional Health Centre is the primary acute care facility for the Central Zone, serving as a regional referral centre and providing a broad range of secondary services to the communities of central Newfoundland. NL Health Services is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, and academic interests are encouraged and supported. Work Environment Gander is a welcoming and well-serviced community in central Newfoundland, known for its friendly residents, rich aviation heritage, and easy access to the natural beauty of the region — including world-class salmon fishing, hiking, and stunning wilderness landscapes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ QUALIFICATIONS
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